Hi Swaroop,
I understand your frustration. However, you need to address the following question: Are they doing action research or participatory research. You might be speaking two different languages. Western scholars deal with action research that goes well with the capitalistic economic system. The cult of efficiency is very much at the center of action research. In southern hemisphere, people focus on participation and collaboration as opposed to the capitalistic individualism. Action by itself is not necessarily sustainable. However, collaboration is likely to be.
I have to work hard to convince people in my department that we needed a course on action research. Most of the people did not have a clue about what action research is all about. This is in the US. Action research is being developed as we talk and there is a lot creativity taking place within this movement. There is no one way to do action research. There are multiple ways to advance action research. I will invite you to look at the work of Orlando Fals-Borda & Mohammad Anisur Rahman (1991). Action and knowledge. Breaking the monopoly with participatory action-research. There is also another book by a group of US and Canadian scholars (Bud Hall, Peter Park and others) entitled Voices of change.
Let's keep talking.
Best,
Nathalis
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:14 AM, swaroop rawal wrote:
HI,
Jack has sent you one reference I am sending in another
Rawal, Swaroop(2009)''… as I engaged in reflection: a play in three acts'',Reflective Practice,10:1,27 — 32
I have been working in states of Maharashtra and in the Gujarat...sadly Action Research is not carried out the way it is in the West. Seeing this I wonder if you will get anything worth-while.....
It is like a mini mission I carry out every time I meet people involved in research especially in field of Education...... It is as if it is my goal to explain AR , PAR , Living Educational Theory and Drama -in-Education...I drive people up the wall...
Swaroop
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:01:50 -0700
Subject: Action Research in India
Colleagues,
Could anyone point me to references, centres or examples of action research in India?
Kind regards
Brian
Brian E. Wakeman
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